‘HIV infection 4 times higher in adolescent girls than boys’

Byamukama said the biggest push factor for the high infection rate is the high gender-based violence in the country and high teenage pregnancies, which in 2022/2023 totalled 1,404 teenage pregnancies. 

Dr Daniel Byamukama, head of HIV prevention at UAC, said Uganda has gradually brought down infections among the general population from 6.4 percent to 5.8 percent. (Credit: Francis Emorut)